Agro-based industrialisation, more work needs to be done
Zimbabwe first needs to rebuild its agriculture infrastructure and increase farm productivity if it is to achieve agro-based industrialisation as enunciated in the Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy.
China-Africa air traffic jumps 63pc
Zhibin Zhou, a mechanics worker in Gabon, is flying to China for his annual vacation back to his hometown, Yancheng, a city about 3,5 hours from Shanghai by car. He…
Lowry wins British Open
Ireland’s remarkable week of sporting success ratcheted up another level last week after the country was named as host nation of the 2026 Ryder Cup. In a week that Shane…
‘Stage set for Mat South devolution’
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau The provincial leadership in Matabeleland South has started working on a raft of measures to roll out devolution to grow the province’s economy which is anchored on…
Zimoco scoops top awards
Premium car distributor, ZIMOCO, last week scooped three prestigious awards after it came tops in the Southern African region.
Amid trade wars, what Africa must do
In World War II, my granduncle Frans Nyamande was among the people conscripted to fight in North Africa. He was entangled in the combat between Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery. He did not know what this war was about. It was a World War but essentially a European war.
Hauna ‘starved’…. . . as tourists explore Honde Valley
Tawanda Musarurwa Hauna Growth Point, located in Honde Valley about 80 kilometres north of Mutare, touches in some way every aspect of tourism activity in the Honde Valley. But a sight-see…
Thoughts on the critical skills audit report
I spent most of daylight Monday reviewing and reflecting on the 2018 National Critical Skills Audit Report by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.
Stabilising the Zim dollar through manufacturing
In order to verify why manufacturing is necessary for the stabilisation of the Zimbabwe dollar, we need to examine the country’s trade balance so far, with the weak manufacturing system that is currently in place.


